Data Breach at Cleveland Area Hospital
Just last week it was reported that University Hospital had a hard drive taken from their facility after a third-party vendor performed a routine update to a computer system on their campus. It is not known exactly what information was contained on the drive but it was reported the drive most likely contained patient […]
Healthcare Data Breach in Milwaukee
Another health care data breach was just reported this week, this time it was Milwaukee City employees who were the victims. The breach happened after a Dynacare employee’s car was stolen. In the car was the employees’ purse that had a flash drive in it containing personal health care information (PHI) the Milwaukee Journal […]
Mobile Device Management in Healthcare
Mobile devices and bring your own device (BYOD) policies are quickly changing the landscape of healthcare facilities. The number of these devices in facilities is growing rapidly as well as the production and diversity of mobile devices overall. This movement is expected to help curb the cost of healthcare processes (which are steadily rising), […]
Server Refreshes Create Data Breach Vulnerabilities
As Big Data Grows so does the Risk With companies of all sizes moving to cloud computing data centers are playing a bigger role. With this vast increase in data centers come vast increases in purchasing, implementing, removing, and risk. In recent years, 74% of data centers around the globe have added servers to […]
Ramifications of the Target Data Breach
Target announced last week that credit card information from 40 million of their customers had been stolen. This will have negative consequences for all parties involved for months to come. This security breach included not only debit/credit card numbers but their expiration dates, the security codes (CVV) and the customer names. After the security […]
2013 Data Breaches: A Year in Review
This year saw its fair share of data breaches, but the number of actual breaches was surprisingly less than in 2012. However, the number of records reported stolen continues to rise. In 2012, according to Privacy Rights Clearninghouse, all major organization types (healthcare, retail, financial, etc.) reported 684 breaches affecting nearly 28 million records. […]
Data Security Predictions for 2014
With the Target breach closing out the year with a bang, specialists have put together some predictions for the year to come. The theme for 2014 is heightened expectations. Consumers and regulators are expected to put more pressure on organizations to step up their security measures throughout 2014. Kroll Advisory Solutions recently released its […]
A Year of Achievements at TechR2
2013 was a very successful year at TechR2. We continue to strive to be an innovator in onsite data destruction, a marketplace that is still in its infancy. Our entire team was involved in the ISO 27001 Information Security Management Systems Certification process and all our hard work paid off. We are the first […]
Data Loss Prevention Best Practices
Data loss prevention (DLP) is going to become even more important now that BYOD policies are taking over. It is important to understand what steps need to be taken and what considerations need to be made in order to protect your organization and its brand. We have touched on this subject before but its […]
Point of Sale Machines are Potential Cause of Another Data Breach
Neiman Marcus is the latest victim of a data breach caused by credit card hackers. Brian Krebs reported last week that the upscale department store had its database of customer information hacked last month. This comes in the wake of Targets historic breach of over 40 million credit card numbers and an additional 70 […]